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and this time we're going to let ronald reagan be ronald reagan. >> the mantra let reagan be reagan is take advantage of what we've got. the strongest thing, our best political asset is ronald reagan being himself, communicating with the american people. when he was showing his personality, his ideas and rhetoric, he generally succeeded. >> going into tonight, a new poll indicates the race continues to narrow. >> the audience out there will be looking at ronald reagan in a new way. i think in louisville, the myths or the mystique of the great communicator was dented, perhaps irreparably. >> president kennedy had to go days on end with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt you'd be able to function in such circumstances? >> not at all. and also, i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> it brought down the hour, and it was his house by then. >> there were several times during his first term when i thought this man is not going to be re-elected president. i guess
and this time we're going to let ronald reagan be ronald reagan. >> the mantra let reagan be reagan is take advantage of what we've got. the strongest thing, our best political asset is ronald reagan being himself, communicating with the american people. when he was showing his personality, his ideas and rhetoric, he generally succeeded. >> going into tonight, a new poll indicates the race continues to narrow. >> the audience out there will be looking at ronald reagan in a new...
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. >> ronald reagan is at home in sunny california. >> ronald reagan is the heir apparent in the republican party. ronald reagan is the man to beat on the republican side. he had been a hollywood actor. he had been the governor of california, where he had earned a national reputation as a new voice in the republican party. >> let's get a real leader in the white house. >> reagan had run so strong in '76 against ford, that he was the preemptive nominee. he was the favorite. and so the decision was just keep out of the debates and coast to the nomination, which they thought they could do. >> and the six candidates spend 90 minutes pounding on ronald reagan. >> i think he has other ideas about how he wants to run. if, indeed, he's running and i think he is. >> i want to say to governor reagan, wherever you are, i hope you're having fun tonight because we are. >> by ducking the debate, ronald reagan dramatically boost the stock of george bush. >> we have a $2.3 trillion economy. it can work. >> george bush is a world war ii hero of the pacific. he had served as director of the cia, our envoy to
. >> ronald reagan is at home in sunny california. >> ronald reagan is the heir apparent in the republican party. ronald reagan is the man to beat on the republican side. he had been a hollywood actor. he had been the governor of california, where he had earned a national reputation as a new voice in the republican party. >> let's get a real leader in the white house. >> reagan had run so strong in '76 against ford, that he was the preemptive nominee. he was the...
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reagan used to do. >> first of all, this is a national crisis. we need to speak together with one another and try to come up with solutions about how to deal with this crisis. it is a real crisis. the idea that we can not have a national conversation about differences. just last week at the democratic convention, there were whole prime time addresses dedicated to criticizing governor romney for things he said about foreign policy while our fighting men and women are fighting in after dwan stan. the same was true in the 2008 election when our men and women were fighting in iraq. there were criticisms made in the context of the can tame. one could understand in the context of a presidential campaign when we are dealing with weighty national issues, we should be able to have a discussion. >> there will be one focused on foreign policy as you well know. does mitt romney support continuing more than $1 billion a year in military and economic assistance to egypt? >> much more. it is over $1 billion in military aide and then a quarter of a billion in mi
reagan used to do. >> first of all, this is a national crisis. we need to speak together with one another and try to come up with solutions about how to deal with this crisis. it is a real crisis. the idea that we can not have a national conversation about differences. just last week at the democratic convention, there were whole prime time addresses dedicated to criticizing governor romney for things he said about foreign policy while our fighting men and women are fighting in after dwan...
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bush was responsible for the 9/11 attacks or ronald reagan was responsible for the attacks on our marine barracks in beirut which killed over 200 marines. and frankly whether it was called a terrorist attack or not, in the immediate aftermath as far as i'm concerned is irrelevant. we just have to make sure that it never happens again, so that in the future our people are protected. that's what i want to get out of all of this. so, madam secretary, we commend you for accepting all of the arb recommendations and welcome your commitment to begin implementing them by the time you leave the department. even before the arb submitted its conclusions, the department moved to address certain shortcomings through its increased security proposal, vast majority of the funding for this proposal would come from funds previously appropriated for lower priority programs. and i hope congress will move without delay to give the department the transfer authority it needs to start applying these changes. it is important to remember that security is not a one off endeavor. it is a long-term responsibility an
bush was responsible for the 9/11 attacks or ronald reagan was responsible for the attacks on our marine barracks in beirut which killed over 200 marines. and frankly whether it was called a terrorist attack or not, in the immediate aftermath as far as i'm concerned is irrelevant. we just have to make sure that it never happens again, so that in the future our people are protected. that's what i want to get out of all of this. so, madam secretary, we commend you for accepting all of the arb...
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he could be a stubborn guy, ronald reagan. and he listened to her, for example, n iran-contra, when she was trying to get him to apologize for the arms for hostages trade. she brought in people like bob strauss, real democratic pooba at the time to talk to him. she brought in others to talk to him. she understood what the political geist was. in order to get to the president, a lot of people went through her and said this is going badly. would you mind telling the president about it? and she would say to them, why are you telling me to do it? and they would say we know he will listen one other point, wolf, is that she also understood the importance of the social side of the white house. she threw an enormous amount of state dinners. she brought alcohol back to the white house after the carter years, i believe. and she believed that you could mix the political with the social, that you could get things done in a social environment at the white house that you might not be able to do otherwise. and she used those state dinners an
he could be a stubborn guy, ronald reagan. and he listened to her, for example, n iran-contra, when she was trying to get him to apologize for the arms for hostages trade. she brought in people like bob strauss, real democratic pooba at the time to talk to him. she brought in others to talk to him. she understood what the political geist was. in order to get to the president, a lot of people went through her and said this is going badly. would you mind telling the president about it? and she...
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ronald reagan live every week. donald trump came to office at a time when he harnessed one of the social media outlets, twitter, unfiltered and uses it. what is really different about the two of them is ronald reagan needled the press a lot, treated us as a foil sometimes, but he wasn't afraid of the press and he didn't hate the press. donald trump has demonized the press and called us enemies of the american people. two very different approaches. >> the other thing, doug, is that ronald reagan -- you know, president trump was new to politics, he just was. ronald reagan spent two decades at the center of american politics before he became president. >> exactly. i mean as governor of california in the 1960s we got to watch ronald reagan in action. some people didn't like him, but everybody knew he was a good governor, that he was competent. we could look at his managerial style. he would be very flexible. the big thing is reagan was a conservative, but he also wanted to be seen as a pragmatic conservative. so he did
ronald reagan live every week. donald trump came to office at a time when he harnessed one of the social media outlets, twitter, unfiltered and uses it. what is really different about the two of them is ronald reagan needled the press a lot, treated us as a foil sometimes, but he wasn't afraid of the press and he didn't hate the press. donald trump has demonized the press and called us enemies of the american people. two very different approaches. >> the other thing, doug, is that ronald...
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ronald reagan had an alcoholic father. he had to kind of pull himself up in his hard scrabble upbringing. she allowed ronald reagan to feel that his ambitions could be met. she backed all of his actions at any time. she organized dinner parties, traveled with him, did whatever it took. they were one of the great political couples, but also the great social couples of the los angeles area. >> i read they were an absolute team in the white house. there were many things that she did with her husband, for her husband side by side. perhaps she wasn't the leader in foreign policy. she was his protector and his partner in every way. >> absolutely. and this is the key thing, poppy. she decided who should be trusted and who couldn't. by nature, ronald reagan was gregarious. he liked everybody. it wasn't an act. he was extremely friendly. she started seeing people who were looking to ding or dent her husband. and she then would cut them off, just like cutting a wire off. she had a great judge of character. it's her belief in people
ronald reagan had an alcoholic father. he had to kind of pull himself up in his hard scrabble upbringing. she allowed ronald reagan to feel that his ambitions could be met. she backed all of his actions at any time. she organized dinner parties, traveled with him, did whatever it took. they were one of the great political couples, but also the great social couples of the los angeles area. >> i read they were an absolute team in the white house. there were many things that she did with her...
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this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. let us consequence crate this year to showing not courage for war, but courage for peace. we owe this to mankind. we owe it to our children and their children and generations to come. happy new year. thank you and good bless you. >> cut. >> take that, mr. gorbachev. >> president reagan would like to leave for the summit with a ratified treaty in his pocket, but he hasn't got it yet and the summit is only days away. >> so i think the senate should move as quickly as they can this week. >> that will be a tight squeeze to see if the senate does complete action on that before the president reaches moscow. >> and if he goes there without this treaty being ratified, i would predict that we're going to have a terribly crippled president of the united states. >> usa, usa, usa! >> in the gorbachev era the soviets have become image conscious and looefls nothing to chance, they have hired professional help. me
this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. let us consequence crate this year to showing not courage for war, but courage for peace. we owe this to mankind. we owe it to our children and their children and generations to come. happy new year. thank you and good bless you. >> cut. >> take that, mr. gorbachev. >> president reagan would like to leave for the summit with a ratified...
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a huge opportunity, an opening to speak out and mindful of what ronald reagan said during 1980, when we had the hostage crisis, and he was running against jimmy carter, during some of those periods of upheaval. this is not a time for words this is a time for prayers. >> it's interesting you say that because i'm not thinking about what your comment was when this awful event happened in libya earlier this week. in part, you said this is above all a reminder that politics should end at the water's edge. the republican candidate for president said i'm outraged. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. that's not a message of unity. >> no, but we are where we are and you always have a second chance in politics, and it's time for clarity for the american people about what our interests are in the middle east during this time of change in the middle east. this is a once per century change we're seeing sweeping north africa and the middle east it's not unlike the
a huge opportunity, an opening to speak out and mindful of what ronald reagan said during 1980, when we had the hostage crisis, and he was running against jimmy carter, during some of those periods of upheaval. this is not a time for words this is a time for prayers. >> it's interesting you say that because i'm not thinking about what your comment was when this awful event happened in libya earlier this week. in part, you said this is above all a reminder that politics should end at the...
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this is ronald reagan, president of the united states of america. got no history books over there, no things? i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of -- >> are you okay? >> good evening, everyone. this is ronald reagan. president of the united states of america. i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of the new year. on behalf of the american people, i wish you all a happy and healthy new year. let's work together to make it a year of peace. there is no better goal for 1986 or for any year. let us look forward to a future of -- for all mankind. thank you. [speaking foreign language]. >> you say it better than i do, but it sounded as if you had a "t" in it. as if you said netva. >> netva. shistia netba. >> stand by. >> let us look forward to a future of shistia niaba for all mankind. thank you. spasiba. >> cut. >> we'll have a postscript. now, how does that figure with all of that crud they've been feeding you? >> i think i told you the story of an old woman who said she wouldn't leave the kremlin until she saw him. he said, "bring her
this is ronald reagan, president of the united states of america. got no history books over there, no things? i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of -- >> are you okay? >> good evening, everyone. this is ronald reagan. president of the united states of america. i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of the new year. on behalf of the american people, i wish you all a happy and healthy new year. let's work together to make it a year of peace. there is no better goal for...
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you have to understand, ronald reagan new his audience. the audience in front of him, they were all free. the audience he was speaking to were the people on the other side of the gate, the backside of that gate who were not free, just like the evil empire speech, you know, it wasn't the people in front of him he was talking to, it was the people in gulags a half a world away that let them know there was a president standing strong and standing for them and wanted them to in fact go free. that's who his audience was and i think donald trump has to expand his audience past the talk radio group and past those other people to hispanics, women, and others in order to really move forward in this campaign for the presidency of the united states. i cannot see him giving that speech. >> everyone has been saying the same thing on this program and every other program but donald tru trump. douglas, i'll ask you the same question. do you see donald trump stepping up the way ronald reagan did. tear down this wall and building coalitions? >> well ronald
you have to understand, ronald reagan new his audience. the audience in front of him, they were all free. the audience he was speaking to were the people on the other side of the gate, the backside of that gate who were not free, just like the evil empire speech, you know, it wasn't the people in front of him he was talking to, it was the people in gulags a half a world away that let them know there was a president standing strong and standing for them and wanted them to in fact go free. that's...
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i am here tonight to say i knew ronald reagan. i worked for ronald reagan. donald trump, you are no ronald reagan. >> the message was aimed directly at people who tried to draw -- people like political commentator jeffrey lord who is not at the clinton rally. he and doug elmets worked in the reagan white house together. you guys are friends and i appreciate you both being with us. >> doug, how is it possible that two people who worked for president reagan could have such wildly different interpret eggs and the legacy as it relates to donald trump. >> nothing at all. reagan believed in a shining city on the hill and donald trump calls america a divided crime scene. so i just find it fascinating that jeff, who i have a great deal of respect for and others wrap themselves in the ronald reagan flag. it just doesn't fly. >> jeff, i want you to respond to that, but first, i want to play a clip about ronald reagan talking about the campaign. >> rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don't we work out some recognition of our mutual problems
i am here tonight to say i knew ronald reagan. i worked for ronald reagan. donald trump, you are no ronald reagan. >> the message was aimed directly at people who tried to draw -- people like political commentator jeffrey lord who is not at the clinton rally. he and doug elmets worked in the reagan white house together. you guys are friends and i appreciate you both being with us. >> doug, how is it possible that two people who worked for president reagan could have such wildly...
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and ronald reagan just melted over her. they formed a -- she felt, i think, you know, that previously when she would date different people, there was no magic to it. suddenly the two of them just formed this great sweetness and part of it became -- she loved bel-air, beverly hills a lot. he loved up by santa barbara, the ranch. they traded off on those likes. she would go horseback riding with him and spend time with him in rustic settings and they just had a kind of relaxed feel about them. but ronald reagan could be very jealous. there's a famous photograph when frank sinatra was dwrab grabbing nancy for a dance. you could see ronald reagan standing there like, i don't like you dancing with frank sinatra. they were leaders, jake, of a set. palm springs, rancho merage, part of it bel-air. but part of the world of arts, in many ways. that's really what she loved personally the most. but as a warrior in her later years, she was a warrior to stamp out alzheimer's disease and anybody who joined that cause was her friend. she l
and ronald reagan just melted over her. they formed a -- she felt, i think, you know, that previously when she would date different people, there was no magic to it. suddenly the two of them just formed this great sweetness and part of it became -- she loved bel-air, beverly hills a lot. he loved up by santa barbara, the ranch. they traded off on those likes. she would go horseback riding with him and spend time with him in rustic settings and they just had a kind of relaxed feel about them....
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reagan is now the head of the conservative wing of the republican party. >> ronald reagan sees gerald ford as a weak leader who can't win the cold war, talking about easing relationships between the united states and the soviet union instead of taking the fight to the soviets. >> ronald reagan decides it's time to take the nuclear option. >> reagan is calling to tell him that he is going to challenge ford for the republican nomination. >> it's impossible to overestimate how furious ford was. you do not challenge the president of the united states when he's an incumbent. you just don't do this. reagan says, i hope that this won't be divisive and ford completely blown away by that comment. how can it not be divisive when you're running against the president of the united states? >> the first major showdown is the new hampshire primary. >> you can't be the sitting president of the united states and lose the first primary in new hampshire or you're dead. >> ford knows his fate will be sealed by the outcome. >> ford's campaign wants to show how presidential gerald ford is. there is no need
reagan is now the head of the conservative wing of the republican party. >> ronald reagan sees gerald ford as a weak leader who can't win the cold war, talking about easing relationships between the united states and the soviet union instead of taking the fight to the soviets. >> ronald reagan decides it's time to take the nuclear option. >> reagan is calling to tell him that he is going to challenge ford for the republican nomination. >> it's impossible to overestimate...
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if you are going compare trump to ronald reagan, compare to the 1966 ronald reagan. all of the problems in california. ronald reagan came in as the outsider who was going to bring in law and order. if you want to make a ronald reagan comparison, go back to the 1966 gubernatorial election. >> california may know that, but america knows the better. the shining city on the hill. gipper, ronald reagan. that is the one that the president was talking about last night. donald trump didn't mention ronald reagan at all. >> ted cruz will make up for that. he says it every five seconds. >> so what's the risk here, josh rogin? donald trump got a convention bounce. a few points here. maybe five or six points if you look at this there. hillary clinton has thrown the kitchen sink at this. every democratic has spoken the last three nights in glowing terms of her. if there is no bounce, what's left? >> i think the risk here politically with the strategy is clear. the risk talking past those voters who are sympathetic to trump and feel left out by the system. donald trump is tapping i
if you are going compare trump to ronald reagan, compare to the 1966 ronald reagan. all of the problems in california. ronald reagan came in as the outsider who was going to bring in law and order. if you want to make a ronald reagan comparison, go back to the 1966 gubernatorial election. >> california may know that, but america knows the better. the shining city on the hill. gipper, ronald reagan. that is the one that the president was talking about last night. donald trump didn't...
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aveeno® naturally beautiful results® >>> former california governor ronald reagan is about to hold a press conference in washington where he is expected to announce that he is a candidate for the republican presidential nomination. >> one of the thing that was a problem for ford the fact that his party was coming apart at the seams. reagan was able to mount a formidable challenge to ford in the '76 nomination contest. >> i am running because i am growing increasingly concerned about the course events in the united states and the world. >> reagan was the great two term governor of california. and he goes after gerald ford as being weak. >> i am quite critical of our foreign policy right now. matter of fact i think that it is almost anchorless and almost aimless. >> he is a good actor. but he also is a formidable challenger. >> ronald reagan was challenging a sitting president in his own party, relatively conservative president and basically calling him a liberal sellout. >> in the texas primary reagan wiped out the president in a stunning victory. >> in august of 1974, this country ha
aveeno® naturally beautiful results® >>> former california governor ronald reagan is about to hold a press conference in washington where he is expected to announce that he is a candidate for the republican presidential nomination. >> one of the thing that was a problem for ford the fact that his party was coming apart at the seams. reagan was able to mount a formidable challenge to ford in the '76 nomination contest. >> i am running because i am growing increasingly...
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reagan would call peace through strength, but i will recall here at the ronald reagan library, he, himself, was criticized not only as a candidate, but also through the strobe talbot who wrote this in 1984 said that he doesn't know what nuclear throw weight weights are, and doesn't know this or that, and et cetera, and things worked out differently. >> and reagan the had been a two-term governor and years of radio broadcasts to lay out the views -- and i can't believe i am saying this, but in a 1980 campaign of the radio broadcasts that laid out a detailed view of the domestic and international viewpoints which is a lot more to go through than what donald trump has said. >> and well, frankly, i think that ronald reagan would be rolling over, and trump reminded me of sarah palin in foreign policy. when you don't say anything, and how do you get up here on the debate stage and not say anything? it is like, you know, punching an airball or maybe punching the hairball, i don't know -- sorry, sorry. >> oh, oh. >> and by the way, i will remind everybody what they are seeing right now is scott wa
reagan would call peace through strength, but i will recall here at the ronald reagan library, he, himself, was criticized not only as a candidate, but also through the strobe talbot who wrote this in 1984 said that he doesn't know what nuclear throw weight weights are, and doesn't know this or that, and et cetera, and things worked out differently. >> and reagan the had been a two-term governor and years of radio broadcasts to lay out the views -- and i can't believe i am saying this,...
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again, aim not comparing ronald reagan to donald trump. >> no. >> you are. >> i am. i do so not in the sense they're the same person, obviously they're not. but what they are is they come into a situation and they assume the presidency, and then they reshape it, as every president does, as barack obama did, to their personal -- you know, where they want to take the country, et cetera. and this becomes then part of the washington scenario here and a very normal presidential administration. >> this is a new world order. >> yes, it is. >> let me say this. >> as was the reagan era. >> that's what i'm saying, as with reagan. >> right. >> i don't think we can possibly over state that. not only is donald trump different from the establishment republicans we have seen over the years, but there's a new world order in the congress. he will have control of the congress. in much the same way as barack obama came in as a different candidate with a completely different kind of coalition, and the pendulum swung one way but he had control of the congress when he came in and he wante
again, aim not comparing ronald reagan to donald trump. >> no. >> you are. >> i am. i do so not in the sense they're the same person, obviously they're not. but what they are is they come into a situation and they assume the presidency, and then they reshape it, as every president does, as barack obama did, to their personal -- you know, where they want to take the country, et cetera. and this becomes then part of the washington scenario here and a very normal presidential...
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here at the ronald reagan presidential library here in simi valley, california and it 18:00 p.m. in jerusalem, and 1:00 a.m. in london, and thank you for watching wherever you are watching us from. and donald trump is leading, but dr. ben carson is gaining on him. and that is on the eve of the big republican debate hosted by cnn. while most of the candidates are preparing for the debate, trump is going to be holding a rally on national security. and last night in texas, he shrugged off the possibility that his rivals are going to attack him. >> and so, the debate. i hear they are all going to go after me. whatever. whatever. no, i hear it. >> and now to the correspondent athena jones, and she is live at the ronald reagan presidential library, and athena, start with "the new york times"/orc poll that shows that dr. ben carson is closing in on him? >> well, wolf, i doubt that donald trump himself would say that he is worried, but maybe he should be, if we look at the numbers there, because this poll shows donald trump up on the lead at 24%, but carson is close behind at 23%, and he
here at the ronald reagan presidential library here in simi valley, california and it 18:00 p.m. in jerusalem, and 1:00 a.m. in london, and thank you for watching wherever you are watching us from. and donald trump is leading, but dr. ben carson is gaining on him. and that is on the eve of the big republican debate hosted by cnn. while most of the candidates are preparing for the debate, trump is going to be holding a rally on national security. and last night in texas, he shrugged off the...
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but he also is a formidable challenger. >> ronald reagan was challenging a sitting president in his own party, relatively conservative president and basically calling him a liberal sellout. >> in the texas primary reagan wiped out the president in a stunning victory. >> in august of 1974, this country had some very difficult, formidable obstacles ahead of us. >> and you blew it! >> we blew it in the right direction, young man. and those of you -- [ indiscernible ] >> period of time in the wake of watergate. jimmy carter could run as someone who called himself an outsider, a guy who wasn't tainted by washington, d.c. and its corruption and its culture. >> i remember when i announced for president there was a major headline on the editorial page of the "atlanta constitution," jimmy carter is running for what? i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter. >> jimmy who? >> i don't know who he is. >> i picture him like one of us. >> jimmy carter grew up in a very small town in the south. plains, georgia. he had grown into a family of farmers. became a peanut farmer himself. from georgia he bas
but he also is a formidable challenger. >> ronald reagan was challenging a sitting president in his own party, relatively conservative president and basically calling him a liberal sellout. >> in the texas primary reagan wiped out the president in a stunning victory. >> in august of 1974, this country had some very difficult, formidable obstacles ahead of us. >> and you blew it! >> we blew it in the right direction, young man. and those of you -- [ indiscernible ]...
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we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of teheran to >> everything was delayed by agreement to make sure that jimmy carter didn't get nip credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> it was a bittersweet moment as jimmy carter left the andrews air force base to go home to georgia. >> luck is a big factor in a presidency. and jimmy carter had some very bad luck. >> because of the blow back from vietnam, it will be recognized that jimmy carter inherited a national situation that was almost completely unimaginable. >> a few moments ago on air force one, i had received word officially for the first time that the aircraft carrying the 52 american hostages had cleared iranian air space on the first leg of the journey home and that every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well, and free. >>> this is happening now, if you can possibly believe that. >> the terrorists are saying they'll blow up the school, killing all the children inside. >> the german police have been waging a relentless war against the terrorists, capturing some,
we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of teheran to >> everything was delayed by agreement to make sure that jimmy carter didn't get nip credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> it was a bittersweet moment as jimmy carter left the andrews air force base to go home to georgia. >> luck is a big factor in a presidency. and jimmy carter had some very bad luck. >> because of the blow back from vietnam, it...
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ronald reagan. >> they needed each other. they made each other possible, and they played on the world stage together very well. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear that i will -- >> almost 30 years later, nancy holds the bible as her husband is sworn in. it's the first inauguration to be held on the west side of the capitol, closer to california. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> it was very glamorous and very hollywood. >> all these social people in their fur coats and their big jewelry. i think something like 704 private jets landed over the weekend. >> she wanted him in a morning suit, and then she was in a very expensive dress. so, yeah, it might have been a little overdone, but nancy did it her way. >> watching the new first lady, so comfortable and elegant on the world stage, few could imagine just how far she had traveled to get here. >> nancy was born in 1921 in flushing, queens. >> her mother was an actress named edith luckette. her father was kenneth robins, a sort of aimless car salesman. >> they divorce
ronald reagan. >> they needed each other. they made each other possible, and they played on the world stage together very well. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear that i will -- >> almost 30 years later, nancy holds the bible as her husband is sworn in. it's the first inauguration to be held on the west side of the capitol, closer to california. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> it was very glamorous and very hollywood. >> all these social people...
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once ronald reagan got alzheimer's, nancy reagan went in to overdrive, first helping, daily taking care of her husband and making sure his image, creating the legacy of ronald reagan that is celebrated around the country and panache. she did work to help people at the school where ronald reagan went to school. and has been on a mission to make sure that americans embraced her husband as the great man she felt he was. key to that in her mind was the fact that he, as margaret thatcher said, ronald reagan won the cold war without firing a single shot. he said tear down the wall and the wall came down and the soviet union collapsed in 1991. she thought that alone would make him one of the substantive presidents in american history. >> how much of that comment you just said, to make him the great man that he was, how much of the great man that he was was actually because of her, was due to her? because of her involvement in her life personally and professionally. >> that's the key question. i don't think there would have ban ronald reagan without nancy reagan. i say that because i've studied
once ronald reagan got alzheimer's, nancy reagan went in to overdrive, first helping, daily taking care of her husband and making sure his image, creating the legacy of ronald reagan that is celebrated around the country and panache. she did work to help people at the school where ronald reagan went to school. and has been on a mission to make sure that americans embraced her husband as the great man she felt he was. key to that in her mind was the fact that he, as margaret thatcher said,...
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they have not -- >> you didn't hang up on ronald reagan's women. that is is a bad mistake. >> that was curtains for don regan. >> he finally bowed to intense pressure -- >> regan is out. a year later he gets his revenge. regan reveals nancy's best kept secret. the astrologer she's had on her pay roll since the shooting. >> i called the press office right away. what's going on? we think it is a one day story. are you out of your mind? >> reagan is asked if he still allows astrology to play a part in the make-up of his schedule. >>. i can't i never did. >> the president's approval ratings are sinking fast. >> his overall approval rating is down 17% in less than two months. >> nancy believes to win the country back, her husband must apologize for iran-contra. >> he is resisting admitting the obvious. that he has been trading arms for hostages. she knew she had to get him to this place where he could say what he needed to say to rescue his presidency. >> so many people walk into the oval office and tell president what he wants to know. not what he need
they have not -- >> you didn't hang up on ronald reagan's women. that is is a bad mistake. >> that was curtains for don regan. >> he finally bowed to intense pressure -- >> regan is out. a year later he gets his revenge. regan reveals nancy's best kept secret. the astrologer she's had on her pay roll since the shooting. >> i called the press office right away. what's going on? we think it is a one day story. are you out of your mind? >> reagan is asked if he...
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>> i'm a reagan conservative. >> ronald reagan said trust but verify. >> the day ronald reagan was sworn into office. >> reagan expanded medicaid three to four times. >> ronald reagan evolved on many issues. >> but do any of them have the same strange outcome to make reagan an icon three years ago. do they know what he stood for? i have the perfect guest here, michael reagan, the late president's oldest son, a political consultant, author, nationally syndicated columnist joining me from los angeles. michael, are any of them truly reagan-esque? >> they may have traits of ronald reagan in them because they are republicans and somewhat conservative, but are they reagan-esque? no, ronald reagan was likable and relatable. if you are not likable and relatable, you won't get the vote of the american public. i would imagine one of my good friends who just suspended his campaign in the last 24 hours was probably the most like ronald reagan because he was a cowboy. rick perry, great friend of mine, wears the same boot size as my father and the same hat size as my father when he went out to the ran
>> i'm a reagan conservative. >> ronald reagan said trust but verify. >> the day ronald reagan was sworn into office. >> reagan expanded medicaid three to four times. >> ronald reagan evolved on many issues. >> but do any of them have the same strange outcome to make reagan an icon three years ago. do they know what he stood for? i have the perfect guest here, michael reagan, the late president's oldest son, a political consultant, author, nationally...
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it is the air force one that president ronald reagan flew on. cnn has built this entire platform, this entire stage. it's three stories high. crews have spent weeks doing steve overmyer they can showcase that plane. that plane will be behind the candidates providing the background during the debate. if you sweep over here you can see that it's a pretty intimate setup here. fewer than 500 people are going to be in this audience. you can see people are still working. i like to say the t in television newsstands for team. we have teams working here. they've been practicing all day. but 500 people in this audience is very, very different from the first debate where there were thousands of people. this is much more intimate. and so that could certainly shape how the candidates interact with each other, how much they're willing to really go at each other. i should tell you the audience will be made up of guests of the ronald reagan library invitees of the library. and also there are republican national committee. and a few of the folks in the audience
it is the air force one that president ronald reagan flew on. cnn has built this entire platform, this entire stage. it's three stories high. crews have spent weeks doing steve overmyer they can showcase that plane. that plane will be behind the candidates providing the background during the debate. if you sweep over here you can see that it's a pretty intimate setup here. fewer than 500 people are going to be in this audience. you can see people are still working. i like to say the t in...
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this is the son of ronald reagan. that must be a very particularly painful rebuke for donald trump given his admiration for ronald reagan. >> no, i don't think so at all. everyone can try to assume what somebody else would do, but you simply can't do that. i think it's unfortunate that he would go far to assume that because he doesn't know what ronald reagan would do because, in fact, i think ronald reagan would probably support mr. trump considering how he has been a republican who has been out there who has broadened the republican base and broadened new voters and won in states that republicans don't usually win and doing very well. the people have spoken. mr. trump has broken the record in republican party turnout and i believe ronald reagan would support his nominee. >> you think that someone who never met ronald reagan, i assume you never met, you know better how he would think than his own son? >> no, what i'm saying, his own son wouldn't know what he would possibly do because we have a lot of individuals who w
this is the son of ronald reagan. that must be a very particularly painful rebuke for donald trump given his admiration for ronald reagan. >> no, i don't think so at all. everyone can try to assume what somebody else would do, but you simply can't do that. i think it's unfortunate that he would go far to assume that because he doesn't know what ronald reagan would do because, in fact, i think ronald reagan would probably support mr. trump considering how he has been a republican who has...
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. >>> former california governor, ronald reagan, is about to hold a press conference where he is expected to announce he is a candidate for the presidential nomination. >> one of the things that was a problem for ford is that his party was coming apart at the scenes, and reagan was able to mount a formidable campaign. >> reagan was the great two-term governor of california and he goes after gerald ford as being weak. >> i am quite critical of the foreign policy right now, and i think it's almost anchorless and aimless. >> he's a good actor, and he is also a good and formidable kh challeng challenger. >> he was calling him a liberal sellout. >> in the texas primary, reagan wiped out the president in a stunning victory. >> there are difficult and formidable obstacles ahead of us. we go in the right direction, young man! >> this was a period of time right in the wake of watergate. americans were very, very suspicious about government and about people that spent too much time in washington, d.c., so jimmy carter could run as somebody as an outsider and somebody not tainted by washington, d.c.
. >>> former california governor, ronald reagan, is about to hold a press conference where he is expected to announce he is a candidate for the presidential nomination. >> one of the things that was a problem for ford is that his party was coming apart at the scenes, and reagan was able to mount a formidable campaign. >> reagan was the great two-term governor of california and he goes after gerald ford as being weak. >> i am quite critical of the foreign policy right...
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reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> one wonders how it will manifest at the reagan library. see you then. >> thank you for spending your sunday morning with us. you can catch me here every sunday and weekdays on the lead. you can watch me moderating the debate starting at 6:00 p.m. this wednesday. tweet your questions for the candidates@cnn debate. in simi valley, gps starts right now. >> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. coming to you today from london. we have a very special guest from here who will help us understand the top threads to the united states and allies. is it isis, al qaeda, iran, russia, china? >> i will talk to the real life counterpart of james bond's fictional boss. >> he was the chief of britain's secret
reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> one wonders how it will manifest at the reagan library. see you then. >> thank you for spending your sunday morning with us. you can catch me here every sunday and weekdays on the lead. you can watch me moderating the debate starting at 6:00 p.m. this wednesday. tweet your questions for the candidates@cnn debate. in simi valley, gps starts right now. >> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in...
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ronald reagan. they met at a hollywood restaurant. the dinner would be brief. they agreed. because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call was the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. their meeting lasted through dinner and then into the wee hours at a nearby club. the third age in shakespeare's "seven ages of man" is the lover, sighing like a furnace with a woeful ballard. shakespeare of course is gently mocking young lovers. their passion always burns hot, he said, and then it fades. well, the baird never met nancy or her ronnie. as prime minister mulroney pointed out, they could hardly bear to be apart. when he was on a movie set or as candidate or as president, he wrote her, every single night. when they were together, he hid love notes around the house for her to find. one christmas at pacific palisades he wrote, whatever
ronald reagan. they met at a hollywood restaurant. the dinner would be brief. they agreed. because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call was the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. their meeting lasted through dinner and then into the wee hours at a nearby club. the third age in shakespeare's "seven ages of...
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the word is landslide for ronald reagan tonight. they're not breaking out the champagne, they can't find an opener. >> jimmy carter, though beaten at the polls did not act like a beat anne man. he said people had voted their frustration. mr. carter showed a flash of anguish once. a. >> we knew that reagan had won the election. the iranians told es that. a certain gloating that they were responsible for jimmy carter's defeat. >> mr. carter is burning the midnight oil. he's doing it here in his last night in kaesh. >> up until the last moment right before he has to shake kennedy's hand he's doing everything he can to get the hostages home. >> jimmy carter was perceived in iran as the ultimate ally of the s shah. >> that i will faithfully execute the office -- >> we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly to algiers. everything was delayed despite the agreement to make sure that jimmy carter didn't get any credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> jimmy carter left andrews air f
the word is landslide for ronald reagan tonight. they're not breaking out the champagne, they can't find an opener. >> jimmy carter, though beaten at the polls did not act like a beat anne man. he said people had voted their frustration. mr. carter showed a flash of anguish once. a. >> we knew that reagan had won the election. the iranians told es that. a certain gloating that they were responsible for jimmy carter's defeat. >> mr. carter is burning the midnight oil. he's...
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do you think this is going to affect the legacy of ronald reagan, keith boykin? >> i think it will for some people. he is old enough. he is dead now. his presidency so far past in history that it's hard for people to sort of examine this and to really care. >> he is the gold standard of republican president. >> he is. but the republicans have a long history. they been playing the race card, as they say, for 50, 60 years now going back to 1964 when barry goldwater, as david mentioned, ran a race, he voted against the civil rights act 1964, became the republican nominee a week or two later, and that was the end of the party of lincoln. and so you have that history that goes even beyond that. people can be both a racist and be a good person. you can be a good father and still be a racist. people like dwight eisenhower who by all accounts was a good person, the general, he also made very negative comments about the brown versus board of education decision. he told the supreme court basically to not allow black people to be integrated into the schools because people d
do you think this is going to affect the legacy of ronald reagan, keith boykin? >> i think it will for some people. he is old enough. he is dead now. his presidency so far past in history that it's hard for people to sort of examine this and to really care. >> he is the gold standard of republican president. >> he is. but the republicans have a long history. they been playing the race card, as they say, for 50, 60 years now going back to 1964 when barry goldwater, as david...
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. >> nancy davis and ronald reagan met in hollywood in 1949. nancy was an ambitious young actress. >> nancy arrived in hollywood during the time of the red scare. there was a lot of concern that the communists were infiltrating hollywood. >> she sees nancy davis on a list of supposed communist sympathizers. this was a career killer. >> so she went to her director and he said, look, i'm going to have my good friend ronny reagan, the president of the screen actors gild look into this for you. >> reagan says now it's another nancy davis, tell her not to worry, we'll standby her. but nancy says you need to engineer a chance for me to meet with him face-to-face. >> ronald reagan ten years nancy's senior, was a well-known actor and a staunch anti-communist. >> i think the list was really a pretext to get to know ronald reagan who was now a divorcee. >> they make it sound they got married a week later, but he was still playing the field after his disastrous divorce. it was really years after they actually tied the knot. >> their wedding was also haste
. >> nancy davis and ronald reagan met in hollywood in 1949. nancy was an ambitious young actress. >> nancy arrived in hollywood during the time of the red scare. there was a lot of concern that the communists were infiltrating hollywood. >> she sees nancy davis on a list of supposed communist sympathizers. this was a career killer. >> so she went to her director and he said, look, i'm going to have my good friend ronny reagan, the president of the screen actors gild...
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be courageous, like ronald reagan. >> say that again. >> be courageous, like ronald reagan. >> thank you. >> back in 1978 he joined the fight against a nutty ballot initiative that would have banned gay teachers in california. that anti-gay measure actually lost and two years later the gipper went to the white house. i'm just saying. now, sir, does it bother you that you've heard nothing from champions who love to snuggle up to you, they want a good rating from you, but they're completely missing in action? does it offend you to not hear anything from the front-runners in the republican party? >> when there's so much misinformation about this out there, i can understand them not wanting to jump into the fray on something that is a state issue not a federal issue. if it were a federal law -- >> people from that state are not talking about it. >> mccain has come out the other way. >> or come out to oppose it. >> let me ask you this. you supported -- i'm sorry, senator flake, you gave him a 100% rating. flake has now abandoned you to the wolves and is now saying this is a horrible, horr
be courageous, like ronald reagan. >> say that again. >> be courageous, like ronald reagan. >> thank you. >> back in 1978 he joined the fight against a nutty ballot initiative that would have banned gay teachers in california. that anti-gay measure actually lost and two years later the gipper went to the white house. i'm just saying. now, sir, does it bother you that you've heard nothing from champions who love to snuggle up to you, they want a good rating from you, but...
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husband former president ronald reagan on friday. we'll continue to watch the motorcade. >>> in the fight against isis u.s. officials tell cnn a detailed isis operative has been providing details on the group's chemical weapons program. the u.s. is now acting on that information launching air strikes mainly around the city of mosul in iraq. let's get more on this. joining us republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin. joining us from capitol hill. he is the chairman of the homeland security committee. the governmental affairs committee. let's talk about this operation to take out isis chemical weapons. what can you tell us about this? obviously it's very disturbing. >> wolf, actually, cnn has done a good job reporting on it. this is good news we are taking out chemical weapons. but it also indicates two things. first of all, we have to defeat isis. because when they are not defeated they are left to actually produce chemical weapons and use them in you know, violation of war standards as well as it also shows how important it is to
husband former president ronald reagan on friday. we'll continue to watch the motorcade. >>> in the fight against isis u.s. officials tell cnn a detailed isis operative has been providing details on the group's chemical weapons program. the u.s. is now acting on that information launching air strikes mainly around the city of mosul in iraq. let's get more on this. joining us republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin. joining us from capitol hill. he is the chairman of the homeland...